practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
practice; practising; experience
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
better than none at all; better than nothing
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
overnight guest; house guest
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to face on; to look out on to
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
display window; shop window
(licensed) red light district
displaying prostitutes behind a grille
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to overcharge; to rip off
customer one has never met before; first-time customer
street; quarter; district; area
tout; swindler; con-man; pimp
don't worry about it; forget about it
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into